Freedom's Star Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFGFH AHAHH IJIKH| As I strayed from my cot at the close of the day | A |
| I turned my fond gaze to the sky | B |
| I beheld all the stars as so sweetly they lay | A |
| And but one fixed my heart or my eye | B |
| Shine on northern star thou rt beautiful and bright | C |
| To the slave on his journey afar | D |
| For he speeds from his foes in the darkness of night | C |
| Guided on by thy light freedom s star | D |
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| On thee he depends when he threads the dark woods | E |
| Ere the bloodhounds have hunted him back | F |
| Thou leadest him on over mountains and floods | G |
| With thy beams shining full on his track | F |
| Shine on c | H |
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| Unwelcome to him is the bright orb of day | A |
| As it glides o er the earth and the sea | H |
| He seeks then to hide like a wild beast of prey | A |
| But with hope rests his heart upon thee | H |
| Shine on c | H |
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| May never a cloud overshadow thy face | I |
| While the slave flies before his pursuer | J |
| Gleam steadily on to the end of his race | I |
| Till his body and soul are secure | K |
| Shine on c | H |
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